Resources

Getting Started Checklist

 

Inquiry

  1. Take the following steps to become familiar with WICHE ICE:

    1. Review the benefits of membership

    2. Read the white paper

    3. Review the Operations Manual

    4. Contact Pat Shea, WICHE ICE Director, with any questions

    5. Talk with other WICHE ICE members

 

Investment

  1. Become a member

    1. Complete the memorandum of agreement

    2. Pay your membership dues

 

Instruction

  1. Learn how to use the database

    1. Peruse the WICHE ICE Course Catalog

    2. Review the User Manual for the database. 

    3. Schedule WICHE ICE implementation training with Kelley Brandt, ICE PIC Coordinator, before beginning the next steps (kbrandt@wiche.edu)

 

Implementation

  1. Create a WICHE ICE Team on your campus

    1. Appoint a Steering Board member to attend monthly teleconferences and annual face to face meeting.

    2. Appoint an ICE Program Information Coordinator (PIC) to lead the initiative and attend monthly teleconferences and annual face to face meeting.

    3. Determine your campus level of participation

    4. Develop an annual timeline

    5. Develop an institutional Course Offering Plan

 

Institutionalization

  1. Set in place the procedures for sharing and receiving WICHE ICE courses and/or programs utilizing the expertise of your institution WICHE ICE Team members.  This step can take up to 3 months. Here is a sample process created by a member institution.